By, Andy Maggi, Executive Director Nevada Conservation League Last night the President spoke to a joint session of congress for the first time. It was clear he wants to believe that he can have his cake and eat it too, he also wants us to believe that is the case. He also wants his words […]

Overwhelming Majority of Clark County Voters Want Clark County Commission to Vote to Save Red Rock Critical vote to Save Red Rock comes before Commission this Wednesday New polling shows overwhelming opposition to developer’s plans to re-zone Clark County, NV—The Nevada Conservation League released a short poll today conducted by Public Policy Polling on […]

Now that the 2017 Legislative Session is underway the 4 caucuses of the legislature have all released their plans for Nevada. The good news is that 3 of the 4 agendas contain clean energy priorities. The Senate and Assembly Democrats have made the issue central to their economic development agenda in their Blueprint calling for […]

New State Assemblyman Justin Watkins talks climate, energy, and new legislative session From a recent Reno Gazette-Journal article, New State Assemblyman Justin Watkins talked about the upcoming legislative session and the need to reduce Nevada’s carbon footprint. Here is an excerpt from the story. “Assemblyman Justin Watkins, D-Las Vegas, highlighted bill requests that would restore incentives for […]

Las Vegas, NV – The Nevada Conservation League (NCL) today announced their endorsement of a yes vote on Question Three, the Energy Choice Initiative. If approved by voters in 2016 and 2018, it would create a constitutional right for Nevada citizens to purchase electricity from a provider of their choice. “Our organization was pleased […]

By Michelle Rindels | April 25, 2016 A proposed ballot measure called the Energy Choice Initiative aims to deregulate electrical service in Nevada, opening up the market to providers other than NV Energy — the sole provider in most parts of the state. Here’s how it came about and what it could mean for consumers. (Read […]

By Justin Worland | April 21, 2016 Crescent Dunes looks and sounds a bit like an invention lifted from a science fiction novel. Deep in the Nevada desert more than 10,000 mirrors—each the size of a highway billboard—neatly encircle a giant 640-foot tower. It looks like it might be used to communicate with aliens in deep […]

By Jason Hidalgo | March 29, 2016 Nevada “cautiously” agreed on Tuesday with efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to include an abandoned copper mine near the town of Yerington on its priority list of contaminated sites. Gov. Brian Sandoval announced the decision in a letter to the EPA, allowing the agency to include the Anaconda copper mine […]

By Daniel Rothberg | March 23, 2016 With Gov. Brian Sandoval’s administration eager to move past damaging publicity from a regulatory decision to increase bills for Nevada rooftop solar customers, the possibility of amending that decision was a key issue during an energy task force meeting Tuesday. The task force plans to study the issue as […]